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6:55 PM ET, October 15, 2017

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BuzzFeed:
Trump Given A Subpoena For All Documents Relating To Assault Allegations  —  A woman who said Donald Trump groped her has subpoenaed his campaign for documents about “any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately.”  Trump has denied her accusations and is fighting the subpoena.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump accuser subpoenas campaign for documents on other allegations: report
Discussion: RedState
BBC:
Harvey Weinstein: Woody Allen ‘sad’ for producer over sexual assault allegations  —  Woody Allen has said he is “sad” for Harvey Weinstein as the producer faces numerous allegations of sexual assault.  —  The filmmaker said he had heard rumours but not “these horror stories” …
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Andrew R. Chow / New York Times:
Woody Allen Warns of ‘Witch Hunt’ After Weinstein Allegations  —  In an interview with the BBC published early Sunday, the director Woody Allen addressed the wave of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, calling it “tragic for the poor women” but also warning against a “witch hunt atmosphere.”
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's Oldest Horror Story
Discussion: Althouse and The Last Tradition
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Aiding Transgender Case, Sessions Defies His Image on Civil Rights  —  In an unusual move, the attorney general has sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student.  —  October 15, 2017
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes After NYT Reporter By Name In Latest Round Of Morning Tweets  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked a New York Times reporter by name for not mentioning enough of what Trump cited as his own accomplishments in an article evaluating whether the President is working to fulfill his campaign promises.
Discussion: IJR, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Promise the Moon? Easy for Trump. But Now Comes the Reckoning.
Discussion: Mediaite and AOL
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway is a terrifyingly quotable Pennywise the Clown in SNL's biting sketch  —  “Saturday Night Live” may have found its most uncharitable caricature of someone in President Trump's orbit this weekend, featuring Kellyanne Conway as the scary clown from Stephen King's recently revitalized film “It.”
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YouTube:   Kellywise - SNL  —  Anderson Cooper (Alex Moffat) …
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Jimmy Kimmel on losing Republican viewers of his late-night comedy show: ‘Not good riddance, but riddance’  —  Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel said he would perform the same emotionally-charged monologues about healthcare and gun violence “again in a heartbeat,” despite a drastic reduction in Republican viewership of his show.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel on Health Care, National Tragedies and Twitter Feuds  —  In the up-and-down landscape of late-night television, Jimmy Kimmel has lately found himself at the top of a crowded field.  In his 15th season at ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” he has gained new visibility as a result …
USA Today:
Trump campaign spends more than $1 million on legal fees in last quarter  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign spent more than $1 million on legal fees between July 1 and Sept. 30, as special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees intensified their probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump campaign spent more than $1M in legal fees during third quarter
Discussion: Raw Story
San Francisco Chronicle:
California burns: Where's the president?  —  As raging wildfires devour the lives, homes and dreams of Californians in an unprecedented scale, one voice has been conspicuously mute through day after day of crisis: President Trump.  —  This is not a man who is reticent to let Americans know what is foremost on his mind.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
The drug industry's triumph over the DEA  —  Amid a targeted lobbying effort, Congress weakened the DEA's ability to go after drug distributors, even as opioid-related deaths continue to rise, a Washington Post and ‘60 Minutes’ investigation finds.  —  In April 2016, at the height …
New York Post:
Shrinks take to streets to demand ‘narcissistic’ Trump's ouster … They're not nuts about Trump.  —  Some 125 psychologists and other mental health professionals marched along lower Broadway Saturday to demand that President Trump be thrown out of office, based on a constitutional clause allowing presidents …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Psychologists march through NY to call for Trump's removal
Discussion: RedState
Christina Anderson / New York Times:
‘Allah’ Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes  —  ENKOPING, Sweden — The discovery of Arabic characters that spell “Allah” and “Ali” on Viking funeral costumes in boat graves in Sweden has raised questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia.  —  The grave where the costumes …
Rob Goldberg / Bleacher Report:
Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Files Grievance Against NFL Owners for Collusion  —  After remaining unsigned through six weeks of the 2017 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick claims the league is participating in collusion.  —  According to Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback …
Discussion: The Root, twitchy.com, IJR and The Guardian
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why I Went to North Korea  —  Since my five-day visit to North Korea recently, I've encountered pushback from critics who ask, “Why go?” … Frankly, these are legitimate arguments.  So let's seize the moment for an honest discussion — and, in the process, let me offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of reporting there.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
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CBS News:
Nation Tracker: Americans feel tax reform plans would favor wealthy
Discussion: Politico and Vox
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Collins and Pelosi disappointed that Trump ended Obamacare subsidies  —  A pair of key lawmakers on each side of the aisle criticized President Donald Trump on Sunday for ending subsidies that help low-income Americans afford health care under the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: ABC News
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:   President Trump ‘went rogue’ on Iran deal, health care: Pelosi
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:   Iranian foreign minister: ‘Nobody else will trust’ U.S. if it pulls out of Iran deal
 
 
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David French / National Review:
It's Past Time to Rethink Modern Sexual Morality
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump to extend DACA protections if Congress doesn't act: report
Discussion: National Review
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FCC commissioner: Media licenses won't be revoked over Trump
Discussion: RedState
Qasim Rashid / The Independent:
How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals
Discussion: RedState
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Donald Trump and the Dawn of the Evangelical-Nationalist Alliance
Mary Orlin / Mercury News:
Six more wineries destroyed by Wine Country fires, bringing total to 16
 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
California Senate leader Kevin de León tells several Democrats he will challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Somalia Truck Bombings Kill Over 200, Officials Say
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies
Timothy Meads / Townhall.com:
A “Terrified” Paul Krugman Wakes Each Morning in a “State of Existential Dread”
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gingrich: ‘The alligators are really unhappy’ that Trump is ‘draining the swamp’
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
A truce of necessity
Discussion: RedState
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump governs by disruption — and overloads all the circuits
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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